Mrs. Langston was born Nov. 5, 1916, in Henry County, Tenn., to the late Grover and Beatrice Orr Charlton. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Hazel Baptist Church, the Lydia Sunday school class, and the Women's Missionary Union. She also worked in various other capacities in the church, including being a longtime Sunday school teacher.

Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Rodrigues and husband, Bart, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Janice Baker and husband, Jim, of Murray; one son-in-law, Bob Lassiter of Murray, Ky.; two sisters, Azzilee Kelso (James) of Cummings, Ga., and Betty Cameron (Ray) of Deerborn Heights, Mich.; one brother, Halton Charlton, of McKenzie, Tenn.; as well as 16 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and 24 great-great grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Brent Langston, to whom she was married on Oct. 8, 1932; one daughter, Sylvia Marcelle Lassiter; one granddaughter, Sylvia Kaye Lassiter; one great-grandson, Scott Seith; five brothers, Estel Charlton, Homer Charlton, James Charlton, Daris Charlton and Hal Charlton; and two sisters, Oyna Reeves and Rachel Broach.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home. The Rev. Brent Lee and the Rev. Kerry Lambert will officiate. Burial will follow in the Murray Memorial Gardens.

Visitation was held on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com